Gate



Jan. 17, 1928.

D. E. cHARLEBols GATE Filed March 6, 1925 Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAMASE EXAVIER CHARLIEB01S;r 0F CARBON, ALBERTA, CANADA.`

GATE.

Application filed March 6, 1925, Serial No..13,582, and in Canada August 11, 1924.

This invention relates to improvements in gates particularly adapted for use on farms, private residences and like places and the 0bjects of the invention are to so construct the gate that it will be readily actuated by the driver or occupant of a rig, buggy, automobile or other conveyance without the necessity of such person descending from or leaving the vehicle, to simplify the construction and reduce the number of working parts t-o a minimum to render the several parts accessible for inspection or repair7 to permit of the gate being readily installed and generally to adapt the. several parts tobetter perform the functions required of them.

lVth the above and other objects in View which will be made clear as the specification proceeds, the invention consists of the improved construction and arrangement of parts, an embodiment of which has been illustrated and is described in detail and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is aperspective view of my improved gate.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view of the gate head frame which carries the guide pulleys for the actuating ropes.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing portion of the gate frame and the co-acting end of the gate.

- Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several vfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents my improved gate consisting of pairs of spaced uprights or posts 10 located on opposite sides of the road B and connected by a pair of spaced cross pieces or bars 11. The uprights are of the desired height and the cross pieces extend beyond the uprights for any desired distance.

Pivotally mounted at 13 on the cross pieces is a beam 12 which rigidly supports a tubular guide member 14 and on one end of this beam is a counter balance weight 15.

Rollers 16 are mounted. in the tubular guide member and support depending hangers 17 which carry the barrier member 18.

As the beam is tilted the rollers 16 will run towards the lower end of tubular guide 14 so that the barrier member will open or` close by gravity depending on the inclination of the beam.

To facilitate this operation7 I provide one pair of pulley ropes 18 which pass over suitable guide pulleys 19 rotatably mounted on a rhomboidal head frame `20, and a `second pair of pulley ropes 21 which pass around guide pulleys 22 rotatably mounted on the said frame.

These ropes are provided at the outer ends with balance weights 23 and 24 while the other ends are attached to the upper and lower faces of the beam 12. Y

On one pairfof nprights 10,` a latch 25 is secured and on the adjacent end of the barrier 18 a catch 26 is fastened.A

When a vehicle is approaching a closed gate, the driver or occupant grips the nearest weight 23 and pulls on the same thereby tilting the beam 12 and at the same time disengaging the catch 26 from the latch 25 and the barrier member 18 then opens by gravity allowing the vehicle to proceed through the gateway, whereupon the occupant grips the nearest weight 24 and applies a pull thereto whereupon the beam 12 is tilted in the opposite direction to allow the barrier member 18 to closeby gravity and relatch.

It will thus be apparent that the gate can be operated with ease and without the inconvenience of the driver or occupant of the vehicle having to descend.

`The gate is simple and will be so arranged that it will not be put out of commission by snow, ice or rain, and is not liable to get out of order.

What I claim as my invention is- YA gate comprising a pair of inverted U- shaped uprights adapted to be located, one at each side of the roadway, ay pair of cross bars connecting the arms of one U-upright to the corresponding `arms of the other U- upright, a beam pivotally mounted between the cross bars and between the uprightspat each side of the roadway and extending laterally to one side of the gate, a counter weight suspended from the laterally extending end7 a frame carried by the upright at the opposite side of the roadway and extending parallel of such roadway, pull cords carried by the frame and connected to the beam so that one set of pull cords will pull it in an upward `direct-ion and the other set in a downward direction, a tubular trackway suspended beneath the bea-m, and a gate provided with verticals carrying track rollers operating within the tubular track.

DAMASE EXAVIER GHARLEBOIS. 

